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International Export

International Exports of Alaska Wood Products
Federal Fiscal Year 1988 - 1997
  1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Softwood Logs                    
Volume (MMBF) 482.2 629.6 606.6 516.9 537.4 500.2 518.9 542.7 550.9 585.9
Value ($MM) 261.6 310.3 350.9 293.9 327.4 362.6 391.7 347.7 390 381.9
Unit Value $/MBF 543 493 578 569 609 725 755 641 708 652
Lumber & Cants                    
Volume (MMBF) 152.5 182.3 22.5 180.7 120.8 145.2 122.7 73.3 25.9 30.8
Value ($MM) 52.1 71 85.3 74.8 50.3 74.4 67.7 51.5 20.9 18.1
Unit Value $/MBF 342 389 378 414 416 512 552 702 747 587
Woodchips                    
Volume (MMBF) 10.4 77.9 18.2 87.8 19.49 41.3 69.1 102.1 166.8 107.1
Value ($MM) 0.6 3.6 1.4 7.3 1.5 4.3 8.2 15.2 17.4 8.3
Unit Value $/Mton 54 46 78 83 79 105 119 149 105 77
Woodpulp                    
Volume (MMBF) 260.4 296.9 289.3 263.8 299.2 209.5 156.8 146.5 101.6 82.9
Value ($MM) 160.4 227.7 203.4 162.2 175 123.3 90.1 134 88.1 50
Unit Value $/Mton 616 767 703 615 585 588 575 915 867 603
 
Export volumes are reported as millions of board feet (MMBF) or thousands of metric tons (Mtons). Values are free along ship (FAS) in millions of dollars.
 
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1998.
 

Exports of Alaskan Wood
Products by Destination
FFY 1997

  Volume (MBF) Value ($M)
Lumber and Cants
Japan 29,368 $17,561
Canada 3 $3,182
S. Korea 344 $101
World 29,715 $20,844
Logs
Japan 400,460 $292,597
S. Korea 134,340 $68,656
Canada 33,496 $7,034
China 2,256 $1,225
World 570,552 $369,512
Chips
Japan 85,571 $6,521
Canada 15,522 $1,351
S. Korea 6,007 $396
World 107,100 $8,268
Souce: U.S.D.A Forest Service, Alaska Region, Timber Supply and Demand 1997, rpt. #17

Total Dollar Value Alaska Wood Product Exports

Souce: U.S.D.A Forest Service, Alaska Region, Timber Supply and Demand 1997, rpt. #17

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